"The willow silk grows long and the jade is hard to tie. I wish I could hang the Xiehui in the sparse forest~"
In the imperial garden, Jiang Beiran was sitting on a rocking chair with his eyes closed, while Kong Qianqian beside him was singing a play he had just learned.
Just when everyone in the imperial garden was intoxicated by Kong Qianqian's poignant singing, Jiang Beiran suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hands and said, "Let's all step back, I'm a little tired."
"Follow the order."
Upon hearing this, everyone slowly exited the imperial garden.
When everyone retreated, Jiang Beiran stretched out a finger and stopped in front of him. The next second, a black shadow swept down from the air and landed firmly on his finger.
"giao~giao~"
Ying Hummingbird shouted with its mouth wide open.
He casually took out a piece of scaled beast meat from the Qiankun Ring and threw it to Ying Hummingbird. Ying Hummingbird grabbed it in one bite, flapped its wings happily, and handed a small bamboo tube to Jiang Beiran.
Opening the bamboo tube, Jiang Beiran took out the rolled up letter paper from inside, opened it, and found that it was from Li Fucheng.
Quickly skimming through the letter, the words in the letter are very earnest, even more delicious than the ministers' flattery in those memorials. Only after seeing the end did Jiang Beiran know that he was asking for something.
He took out a piece of paper from the Qiankun ring and wrote two lines, put it back into the bamboo tube, and then Jiang Beiran stuffed it into the feather of the hummingbird.
"giao~giao~"
Flapping its wings twice, the Ying Hummingbird quickly disappeared into the air as a black shadow.
Standing up, Jiang Beiran made a little orientation, and then disappeared into the imperial garden in an instant.
At dusk, next to Jin Jiang, which was blazing like fire under the sunlight, Jiang Bei looked far away, thinking about a philosophical question of life.
'What's for dinner tonight? '
Before he got the answer, Jiang Beiran heard Li Fucheng's voice behind him.
"See Your Majesty."
Jiang Beiran turned around slowly, and found that there was another person beside Li Fucheng.
Seeing Jiang Beiran's gaze sweeping towards him, the man immediately cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Huo Zhishang, see His Majesty the Emperor."
"Is he the person you mentioned in your letter?" Jiang Beiran looked at Li Fucheng and asked.
Li Fucheng nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Exactly, Brother Huo is a hero and courageous man. He has repeatedly made extraordinary achievements after joining our World Association. His character and cultivation are both top-notch. A few days ago, he was even more..."
Listening to Li Fucheng's tone as if he was reporting to the gang leader how good the new recruit is, Jiang Beiran waved his hands and said, "Get to the point."
Just as Li Fucheng was about to speak, Huo Zhishang took a step forward and said, "Vice Chief Li, let me speak for myself."
"Alright." Li Fucheng nodded and took a step back.
First he saluted Jiang Beiran, and Huo Zhishang said, "Your Majesty, since you came to the throne, Fengzhou has taken on a new look, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I admire you very much. Now, Your Majesty, your influence among the people is unmatched. Therefore, please Forgive me for asking for something brazen."
"Say."
"I have a son named Wenkang. My son is very important to me, but..." Huo Zhishang said with a sigh: "When I entered Fengyi Village seven years ago, I was chased and killed by the enemy, so I hid my son in a haystack, but there were too many enemies, and it took half a month before I had to escape, but when I returned, I couldn't find him again."
'Seven years ago...'
Muttering something in his heart, Jiang Beiran asked again: "How old was your son when he was lost?"
"The year of infancy."
'This difficulty is too high... I lost it when I was a baby, and after seven years, even his own father would not recognize his son face to face. '
Seeing Jiang Bei frowned, Huo Zhishang sighed and said, "In the past seven years, I have searched everywhere, but I have never found any news of my son, so I have the audacity to ask Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can find him, my seven-foot body, The rest of my life will be driven by His Majesty!"
Jiang Beiran just wanted to ask more questions after listening, when he saw three options popping up.
[Option 1: Reject Huo Zhishang. Completion reward: Baiguan gun (earth-level low-grade)]
[Option 2: Promise to send someone to help him find a son. Completion reward: Fengxu Baojue (Xuan-level mid-grade)]
[Option 3: Help him find a son himself. Completion reward: random basic skill point +1]
"Oh?"
Jiang Beiran couldn't help being a little surprised after reading it. He had to go find his son himself, or was he talking about Huo Zhishang's huge influence
After pondering for a while, Jiang Beiran chose three ways to say: "So, if you lost your son, anyone would be extremely anxious. I can help you with this matter."
Huo Zhishang shuddered after hearing this, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
[Optional task completed, reward: Alchemy +1]
"Mianli Pingshen, do you have any personal items of your son on your body?"
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang thought for a moment, then took out a pair of embroidered shoes from the Qiankun Ring and said, "These embroidered shoes were worn by my son when he was young, and I have kept them to this day, I wonder if it's okay?"
"Can."
Taking the embroidered shoes and putting them into the Qiankun Ring, Jiang Beiran continued: "Please write down your son's birth date and hand it over to me. It would be even better if there is a portrait."
"It's... It's okay to generate a horoscope, but I'm a rough person and I can't do anything about this portrait." Huo Zhishang said helplessly.
"Do you remember what your son looked like?"
"Remember! Seven years! Never forget!" Huo Zhishang said firmly.
"Since that's the case, tell me, I'll draw, and try to describe it as clearly as possible."
Huo Zhishang was overjoyed after hearing this, nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty is truly a heavenly man!"
After setting up the drawing board and adjusting the paint, Jiang Beiran nodded to Huo Zhishang, indicating that he could start describing.
Half an hour later, Huo Zhishang looked at the baby boy in the drawing board, and a tear could not stop falling from the corner of his eye.
"Kang'er... my son!"
Suppressing the sadness in his heart, Huo Zhishang saluted Jiang Beiran again: "Your Majesty's painting skills are amazing, I admire you! The son in this painting looks like my son."
"That being the case, you go back and wait for the news, Fucheng, you stay."
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Beiran, then turned and left.
When Huo Zhishang was far away, Li Fucheng couldn't help but cupped his hands again and again and said: "Your Majesty is wise and mighty, even..."
"Stop talking nonsense, let me ask you, who is this Huo Zhishang?"
Li Fucheng, whose flattery was interrupted, was stunned for a moment before replying: "People from Huzun Town, Yunzhou County."
The reason why Jiang Beiran wanted to ask this was naturally that he was curious about Huo Zhishang's ability to trigger the prefecture-level option.
"How did you meet?"
"A few months ago, I went through a bloody battle in Hong Kong Nianzhuang. I almost died from exhaustion. Thanks to Brother Huo's help, I escaped from death. After that, we became brothers of life and death." Li Fucheng asked a little uneasy after speaking Said: "Could it be that your majesty thinks there is something wrong with him?"
"Yes." Jiang Beiran nodded.
'Um? ? ? '
Li Fucheng was taken aback for a moment, he thought that Big Brother Wang would answer "not really", but he just nodded in confirmation, which made him a little unsure how to answer the question.
"Pay attention to him when you go back. If there is anything unusual, report to me in time."
"Yes!" Li Fucheng bowed his hands and nodded.
"Well, you can go too."
After Li Fucheng left, Jiang Beiran picked up the embroidered shoes and found an open space.
Just like looking for Mu Yao before, Jiang Beiran first set up the Liufang Truth Listening Formation, then picked up the wishful stick and started looking for Huo Wenkang, who had been lost for seven years.
In the case of owning his personal belongings and mastering his birth date and facial features, compared to Mu Yao who was imprisoned under the heavy formation at the beginning, he is much easier to find.
'There is. '
After locking on to the position of Huo Wenkang's aura, Jiang Bei ran towards the southwest through the air.
Anxing County, Wushu County.
Jiang Beiran, dressed in civilian attire, walked onto the street. Not far in front of him stood a young man who was selling goods.
"No. 1 dish! No. 1 dish is on sale!"
The loud shouts immediately attracted many onlookers.
"Why is your dish called the No. 1 dish?"
"Isn't it just ordinary cabbage?"
"That's right, there's no difference at all."
Seeing more and more guests gathering, the young man smiled and said, "Don't you guys know? That Liu Jiangnian in the town got the number one prize after eating my number one dish!"
Everyone burst into laughter immediately.
"You little doll, if you don't learn well at such a young age, if you can be admitted to the first prize after eating a few cabbages, then I would have been an official in Ningdu long ago."
"That's right, you are just ordinary Chinese cabbage."
"Really, it's not good to learn from anyone, like those charlatans."
As if he had expected everyone's reaction, the young man laughed and said, "Uncles and aunts, I guessed that you didn't believe me, so I specially invited Liu Jiangnian here."
As soon as the young man finished speaking, a young man dressed as a scholar walked up to the young man and bowed to everyone: "My lord, Liu Jiangnian, I have met all my parents and fellow villagers."
At this time, several people in the crowd immediately shouted: "Ouch! You are really the number one scholar!"
"Yes! That's him! I saw him when the list was announced."
"It's really the number one scholar here. Come on, Xiao Cong, go up and hug that big brother, to get a taste of his talent."
At this time, the young man blocked all the crowd who were about to rush up to watch and said: "Hey! Don't rush to envy, this champion man, he was admitted to the champion after eating my family's champion dish, as long as you buy it back for you If the child eats, you don’t have to envy him.”
After hearing this, Liu Jiangnian immediately continued: "That's right, since I started eating the No. 1 dish from the Qu family, I feel that I am quick-witted and write like a god. It's really wonderful! Wonderful!"
As soon as Zhuangyuan Lang admitted that he was admitted to the exam after eating the number one scholar's dishes, the onlookers immediately exploded.
"How much is this champion dish!? Give me one!"
"I want it too, I want it too! There are three children in my family, I want three!"
"Give me one too! I want the big one!"
…
Facing the enthusiastic crowd, the young man slowly raised two fingers and said, "Two coins a piece."
"What!? Two coins a piece!? Why don't you go grab it!"
"Exactly! It's not as fast as you!"
"Others sell cabbage for a few pennies!"
Looking at the excited crowd, the young man slowly shook his head and said: "Uncles and aunts, I have already said that this is the number one dish, and I can win the number one dish after eating it! Is it worth two coins? If your children can pass the exam Champion, that is worth more than gold!"
Everyone was silent for a while after listening, and finally a man cursed bitterly: "Two money is two money, give me one!"
With the first purchase, there will naturally be a second one.
And as more and more people rushed to buy, the rest of the people were afraid that the food would be robbed, so they hurried home to get the money.
Seeing that the "No. 1 dish" was quickly sold out, Jiang Beiran simply called it an expert, gimmick, image spokesperson, dog care... It was everything, and he just sold the cabbage for a price of silver, which is really amazing.
When the last batch of vegetable buyers left, the young man also quickly closed the stall and left. Half an hour later, in a ruined temple outside the city, the young man, the number one scholar, and Gouto gathered together.
"Come on, yours, yours, mine, yours, mine, yours, mine, mine..."
"Hey! Everything is yours!"
Seeing more and more money in front of the young man, a strong man in charge shouted.
"I came up with the idea, and I found you all. Naturally, I took the lead. Is there a problem?"
"But without us, you wouldn't be able to make this money!"
Seeing that the others nodded, the young man looked around them and asked, "Is this money easy to earn?"
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Easy."
"Do you still want to make money like this?"
"Of course!" Everyone replied in unison.
"That's nonsense! If you hang out with me in the future, you will earn more money than yourselves, and your eyes will be farther away. Do you understand?"
When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense. After all, without the young man in front of them organizing them, they would not be able to earn a few copper coins, let alone silver.
The young man who continued to divide the spoils looked at Liu Jiangnian and said, "How many times have I told you that when you come out, you should be more polite and say more things they don't understand, otherwise they will easily doubt you."
Liu Jiangnian nodded immediately after hearing this: "Understood, Brother Xiaoyou."
"And you!" The young man pointed to the other two youths, "Next time you boo, be quicker and louder, to show that you are confident enough, you know?"
"Understood." The two young men nodded.
Soon, all the silver was distributed, and the young man wrapped up his share and said, "Okay, I'll see you under that willow tree in three days, and I'll take my leave!" After speaking, he was the first one to walk out of the ruined temple.
All the way to the east, Jiang Beiran followed the boy and turned left and right to a village.
This village is obviously a place that has received the benefits of the new decree. There are many men in the village. They have just returned from plowing the land at the moment, and they will say hello to the boys when they see them.
"Little Dongzi, where have you been running around again? Your grandma is looking for you everywhere."
"Hey! Xiaodongzi! Run slowly! Are you hungry, come to aunt's house to eat pancakes."
"Little Dongzi! I brought you back what you asked for."
"Okay, I'll get it later~"
After replying, the boy ran into a dilapidated thatched hut, looked at an old man who was sick in bed, and said, "Grandpa, are you feeling better today?"
"Cough...cough!, you little monkey, where have you gone?" the old man asked weakly.
"Why don't you get the medicine for you?" The boy opened his cloth bag after finishing speaking, "Look, I've got so much medicine for you, drink it all and you'll be fine."
"Cough...cough!" The old man coughed violently again, "How did you get so much medicine? If it was stolen, see if I don't break your leg."
"Oh~ Grandpa, how could I steal it? If you don't believe me, I swear!" The young man pointed to heaven and said, "I, Qian Xiaodong, swear..."
"Bah, bah, bah! Oh, what a child swears, be careful, God will accept you." At this time, an old woman came in from the door and shouted.
"Grandma~" Qian Xiaodong happily threw himself into the old woman's arms and said.
"You little monkey, where did you go crazy again?" the old woman asked dotingly.
"I went to fetch medicine for grandpa, grandma, you take care of grandpa first, I will go out to make medicine, this time I will definitely make grandpa get better."
Looking at the warm family in front of him, Jiang Beiran touched his chin not far away, thinking about how to open his mouth.